- Emily Zarevich explains that, if you want to get the attention of James I, you gotta put witches in your play. (Daily JSTOR)
- A new documentary about Pat Oliphant is coming out. Coleman Spilde writes in praise of the legendary political cartoonist. (Salon)
- Elyse Graham uses her review of Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang to reflect on the growth of the dark academia genre. (Public Books)
- OpenCulture‘s update about a growing online archive of vintage and historical cookbooks presents a dangerous rabbit hole for me.
- School librarians in Edmonton, Canada, use “vicious compliance” in response to remove books from shelves, to the annoyance of the politicians to want to ban books and the joy of booksellers who are seeing sales spikes. (CBC)
- …and censorship news, from the incredible people of Book Riot.

